While in Singapore, my husband and I managed to squeeze in a date night by ourselves!

We went to Marina Bay Sands (which I haven’t been to before), took a stroll around the casino, the Art and Science Museum, and walked around Marina Bay enjoying the wonderful tropical evening.

Then we visited an old, favourite place of mine – Chijmes, on Victoria Street. It was so leafy, peaceful and un-crowded. It certainly had a very different vibe to the insanely-busy casino. My husband and I shared drinks and a meal, under the trees.

The colours are so so pretty and vibrant, like a kaleidoscope of jewels, orchids and tropical flowers. It was very eye catching and it was lovely to wear. The back of the dress has a deep V-neck, with an exposed zip… and I think I could get away with wearing it back to front :)

As for the rest of my outfit, I wore my big, gold tassel earrings from Frockaholics, my navy Rebecca Minkoff handbag from Shopbop, and leather heels from GlamRockChic.

It was the first time my 2 boys (aged 10 and 8) had EVER been on a plane.

I thought they would love it.

I mean, they get to have their very own TV screen, they can play computer games, watch tv shows and movies and eat snacks for 5 hours!

But what did they do instead?

VOMIT!

They filled up 2 AIR SICK BAGS EACH!

I sat between them. Two spewing kids either side of me.

They were bent over, clutching their paper bags, making horrible vomiting noises, and filling the entire plane with such a ghastly smell… Oh, my poor boys.

One thing I must say, I am genuinely very impressed by the technological advances of air sick bags. Those flimsy paper bags? They don’t leak! They don’t lose their shape! They can hold up to 2 cups of watery stuff without losing their structural integrity! Hasn’t modern day travel come a long way.

There was not a drop of spew on their t-shirts, the airplane blankets, the seats. And most importantly… there was no spew on me.

When they were done, the plane had landed.

Hello Singapore! We brought gifts!

I was holding FOUR FRICKING BAGS OF PUKE and calling out to the air stewards – “UMM, EXCUES ME! I NEED SOME HELP HERE!” The bags sloshed around dangerously as I tried to press the HELP button with my elbow.

By now the other passengers were starting to stand and open the overhead compartments. People were flowing out of their seats into the aisles! Oh no what was I going to do? I was trapped with my bags of vomit!

Thankfully, I found a plastic bag (that held a plane blanket) and carefully placed all the paper bags into the plastic bag, knotted up the top and left it on the seat.

I’ve been on the look out for a one piece swimsuit, that looks a bit like this Ted Baker one (from ASOS)… colourful, strapless, with a sweetheart neckline.

I have seen so many gorgeous, tropical print swimsuits in dark green and blue shades… that if I eventually buy one, I swear I’ll totally wear mine as a bodysuit in some glam, night time outfit. But I’ll have to make sure I don’t smell like salt.

On another note, how sexy are those Heeled Sandals? They were $74 from ASOS, now $37.

And that leopard print Clare Vivier clutch is definitely a worth investing in.

I wanted to share this photo of my little 4 year old… because it makes me a little fuzzy inside.

And I need a bit of that right now.

You see, as I write this, the kid has been a horrible little monster.

And I just need to reassure myself (and the internet) that I don’t actually want to sell him to the local childcare as a permanent child helper, who lives in a box in the shed. Did I really say that? Maybe.

Here he is in the photo… sitting on a flying fox, 2 metres up in the air. He’s terrified, frozen with fear, yet putting on a brave face. He wants to be just like his big brothers.

As he whizzed past me (taking a picture of him) on the flying fox, he mouthed out to me – I LOVE YOU MUM, followed by a theatrical and crazy-eyed AAAAHHHHHH!

By the time you see this blog post, I will be on a jet plane headed to the sunny island of Singapore!

My husband, myself and 3 kids are flying in for a 6 day holiday, where we will meet my parents, and my brother, his wife and his 3 boys, who have also flown up from Australia.

It’ll be an EPIC family trip! 6 adults and 6 young kids!

It is the first time my two big boys (aged 10 and 8) have *ever* been on a plane, been to a different country, and stayed in a fancy hotel. So they are reeeeally excited! I suspect something as simple as the “breakfast buffet” is going to blow their minds haha.

We are taking the kids to Legoland (in Malaysia), Universal Studios, Sentosa, the Aquarium, the Zoo, Night Safari, Gardens By the Bay… and more. And we’re trying to fit all that inside 6 days. It might not be possible, but we’ll give it a go.

As for my blog, I have lots of posts lined up for the next week and I’ll be posting my updates on my Facebook Page and Instagram (follow me on @karenlycheng).